Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-01-21
Everybody Should Drink Milk.

1t was long, low. unfinished apart
ment, the rough joists and beams being
simply coated with whitewash. The
clear ash floor was scrubbed TO n snowy
whiteness and the few chairs that the
room contained were placed against the
wall i'll prim sort of way that seemed
70 indicate that they had not been dis
placed in some time. Along one side
= OF this apartment were racks upon
which were pans of milk, tier on tier.
nearly to the ceiling. Milk cans of
various sizes stood about, and n long
iron sink contained milk-bottlcs that a
young maid was busily scaldng. 1t
was, in fact, the milk-room of Jersey
dairyman. The young girl informed a
New York Mail and Express reporter
that her father would be in in few min
utes. He came presently, followed by
two stout farm hands. each bearing two
trimming pals of milk, which were
speedily transferred to newly scalded
bottles The farmer remarked that
those Alderneys would have to get more
corn-meal, because they were invalid
cows and must be well fed. Then he
noticed the visitor and nodded n good
morning
why are they invalid cows?" asked
the newsman.
why, you see, there are a certain
class of customers who drink lots of
milk simply for medicine. There's a
lady on Madison avenue, in New York,
that takes three quarts day, and l. M
told she drinks it all herself Some OF
these people are regular cranks, and
the moment you give them milk from a
new COW they spot it. There was n lit
tie Jersey heifer, three years old, that
used to give beautiful milk. almost as
golden as the butter that could be made
from it, and this furnished to con-
sumptive individual on Twenty-third
! street. He seemed To thrive on it, and
ACTUALLY began TO gain in flesh, though
= lis physician had assured him that
there was little hope. Well, l got q
chance to sell the cow, and as she gave
so little milk / did so. My customer
was nearly wild when i told him that
this accounted for the change in the
milk. He inquired anXiously as to who
purchased her. and sent post haste TO the
man. He was just in time to prevent
the animals becoming beef. The heifer
thus saved from the butchers knife was
placed in fine stable, fed like queen,
and the owner had the two or more
quarts of milk furnished every day fol
his own use.
IL often drink milk myself when
don't feel well, and it always does me
good. Nearly every milkman has indi-
vidual customers who take milk purely
because they think it strengthens the
system"
A prominent city physician subse.
quently seen by the reporter, said: 81
regard milk as better tonic than most
preparations. 1t helps the impoverished
blood, and furnishes a nutriment easily
taken by the system. The principal parts
of milk are the olein or oily parts, the
caseine or cheesy portion, and the phos-
pilates of lime and potash. In butter we
get the olein. in cheese the olein and
caseine together. In cases Of typhoid
fever give milk altogether, and l have
known many person to be brought
from deaths door through its agency.
1T is now common practice TO inject
milk into the blood when it is impover-
ished. That fluid takes it up and ap-
propriates it in some unaccountable
way and peoples lives have been saved
in this way / drink n glass OF milk
every night before going to bed, and
have for years"